Penny Dreadful. The ultra-budget, thousands-of-cards Magic Online brewer's paradise with powerful cards, six free weekly tournaments, free 24/7 league, prizes, quarterly rotations, and a super friendly community.
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How do I get started with Magic Online?
Check out the guide to Magic Online.
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Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
The best way to search legal cards is with Scryfall.
You can view the full legal cards list.
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How do I find or brew a decklist?
Minimum 60 cards. Any number of basic lands. Max four of any other legal card. Sideboard of up to fifteen cards.
The best way to build decks is to use a search engine that supports Penny Dreadful legality (f:pd) like Scryfall.
Browse Decklists from tournaments, leagues and elsewhere
View the full legal cards list
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How do I get a game and find other Penny Dreadful players?
To get a match in Magic Online go to Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice on Magic Online and create a Freeform game with "Penny Dreadful" in the comments.
To find the Penny Dreadful community join the Discord.
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Leagues last for roughly a month. You may enter any number of times but only one deck at a time.
You play five matches per run. You can join the league at any time.
To find a game sign up and then create a game in Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice with "Penny Dreadful League" as the comment.
Top 8 finishers on each month's league leaderboard win credit with Cardhoarder.
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We have six free-to-enter weekly tournaments with prizes from Cardhoarder.
They are hosted on Gatherling along with a lot of other player-run Magic Online events.
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Legality is determined a week after the release of a Standard-legal set on Magic Online.
Prices are checked every hour for a week. Anything 2¢ or less for half or more of all checks is legal for the season.
Any version of a card on the legal cards list is legal.
The next rotation is in 1 week, 2 days.
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combo | 109 | 233–196 | 54.3 | 9 | 59 | |
| Storm | 9 | 16–18 | 47.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Simic Storm | 5 | 10–10 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Stormpost | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Post Desire | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Reanimator | 5 | 14–7 | 66.7 | 1 | 3 | |
| 8 Goyf | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 4 | 12–5 | 70.6 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 7 | 18–11 | 62.1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Maniac Combo | 10 | 23–17 | 57.5 | 2 | 5 | |
| New Perspectives | 8 | 14–14 | 50.0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 7 | 22–13 | 62.9 | 1 | 4 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 7 | 22–13 | 62.9 | 1 | 4 | |
| Myr Incubator | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 5 | 10–9 | 52.6 | 0 | 4 | |
| Naya Fake-Twin | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Combo Post | 3 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 9 | 20–20 | 50.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Upheaval Colossus | 7 | 18–15 | 54.5 | 0 | 6 | |
| Eggs | 17 | 32–30 | 51.6 | 0 | 9 | |
| Saffi Combo | 10 | 16–17 | 48.5 | 0 | 6 | |
| Breakfast | 13 | 36–21 | 63.2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Hermit Gond | 11 | 33–17 | 66.0 | 3 | 8 | |
| Hermit Dredge | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Neoform Hermit | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 |